Word: matters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...committee's move set in motion a series of steps in which Wright can defend himself and the panel must prove with "clear and convincing" evidence that the violations occurred. That is likely ultimately to throw the matter before the full House, where Wright's position as the nation's highest elected Democrat, or even his House seat, could be on the line...
...much of the rhetoric of activists of the late '60s was blatantly anti American. And although I staunchly support the right to burn the American flag as a matter of freedom of expression, I don't feel that it is a particularly effective tactic for a movement which is trying to convince the majority of voters to support their cause...
Bulletins from the battlegrounds where race and politics collide more often resemble the one from Chicago than the one coming from Virginia. As the racially divided voting in the Windy City demonstrated, American elections all too often remain a matter of black and white. Virginia, once a bastion of segregation, seems an unlikely setting for a brand of biracial coalition that could break the depressing pattern of color-bound voting. Yet if Doug Wilder wins the governorship, the old bugaboo of racial politics will have been dealt a severe blow...
...rhetoric from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank last week was unequivocal. Declaring debt relief for the Third World to be a "matter of urgency," the two agencies put their support behind the plan proposed last month by U.S. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady. His program calls for a gradual reduction in the $350 billion owed to commercial banks by the 15 largest borrowers...
Georgia's president, Otari Cherkeziya, also offered to resign, and the matter will be considered at the next session of Georgia's Supreme Soviet parliament, which is empowered to remove him, Tass said...